ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POSTERITY
From French postérité, from Latin posteritās future generations, from posterus coming after, from post after.
10 QUOTES WITH «POSTERITY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
posterity.
At some point in my life, before I was gone, I wanted to make an album, even if it was for no reason other than posterity.
Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have a place in posterity, while most women know that posterity is what happens when you no longer care. Women want to connect with others here and now; they couldn't care less about legacy!
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.
Into this, for good or ill, is woven every belief of every man who has speech of his fellows. A awful privilege, and an awful responsibility, that we should help to create the world in which posterity will live.
Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived.
After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything.
Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant?
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTERITY»
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posterity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
posterity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children
A treasury of personal letters from famous Americans to their children features contributions by such individuals as Frederick Douglass, Albert Einstein, Groucho Marx, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Dorie McCullough Lawson, 2008
2
Why
Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Future ...
WHY. POSTERITY. MATTERS. For many years the environment has been treated
as a free commodity, but it is becoming clear that we cannot continue to exploit it
without incurring some cost. Indeed, societies of ten find that policies which ...
3
Romantic Poets and the Culture of
Posterity
This 1999 book examines the way in which the Romantic period's culture of posterity inaugurates a tradition of writing which demands that the poet should write for an audience of the future: the true poet, a figure of neglected genius, can ...
4
To the Latest
Posterity: Pennsylvania-German Family ...
"To the Latest Posterity is filled with examples of family registers from museum and private collections, many of them never before published, including early handmade work as well as printed registers that were filled in by hand in the ...
Corinne P. Earnest, Russell D. Earnest, 2004
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The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to
Posterity
In analyzing each project, du Prey illuminates the work of such great masters as Michelozzo, Raphael, Palladio, and Schinkel, as well as such well-known modern architects as Léon Krier, Jean-Pierre Adam, and Thomas Gordon Smith.
Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey, 1994
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Ourselves and Our
Posterity: Essays in Constitutional ...
In this volume, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together some of America's leading constitutional scholars to reflect on the meaning and significance of _originalism_ in constitutional interpretation and politics.
Bradley C. S. Watson, 2009
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Posterity Lost: Progress, Ideology, and the Decline of the ...
No one who reads Posterity Lost will fail to learn from it.--David Blankenhorn, author of Fatherless America
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Justice,
Posterity, and the Environment
This is because the environmental problems in poor countries, such as lack of clean drinking water, are problems that affect them here and now, whereas in rich counties the environmental problems that people worry about, most are those that ...
Wilfred Beckerman, Joanna Pasek, 2001
Powerful journey of eight unlikely people forced to work together to solve the riddle of human existence from ancient clues left around the world.
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Framed for
Posterity: The Enduring Philosophy of the ...
What makes it paramount? This book sets out to recover the enduring principles, purposes, and meanings that inform the founders' charter and continue to offer us political guidance more than 200 years later.
Ralph Louis Ketcham, 1993
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTERITY»
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posterity is used in the context of the following news items.
Newport Folk Festival Pays Tribute, With a Jolt, to Dylan and Seeger
Mr. Waters began at the piano with a brand-new ballad, “Crystal Clear,” whose lyrics address the plight of posterity. Unintentionally, this echoed ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Surf, sand and swag: Images from US Open of Surfing's opening …
... taste of the US Open Surfing event and have a beach-goer video them for posterity. Aceves was wearing a t-shirt that read, "Love Thy Selfie. «OCRegister, Jul 15»
10 conclusions from the 2015 Tour de France
Sagan's remarkable talents may not be adequately reflected in the record books of posterity but those who know cycling will not forget the way ... «Cyclingnews.com, Jul 15»
The roar of melancholy
... ritual not only due to cost, but frankly, will our kids and grandkids really hold on to all those buttons, cups, banners and T-shirts for posterity? «Sentinel-Standard, Jul 15»
Lindsay Duguid on Ruskin's Lost Daguerrotypes
The daguerreotype was also important to him as a means of recording architectural details for posterity. Many of the images here fix and ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Adidas Uprising Summer Championships 2015: Final Results and …
... Chris Fisher of CatsPause.com. Killeya-Jones made sure to capture a snapshot of himself holding the 17U gold championship for posterity: ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
The Sabbath Day and Earth Stewardship
It was created to allow us and all other living forms the chance to flourish, to enjoy posterity, and to learn to live together. After all, God did not ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
Daily Reads: Movie Fandom in the Age of the Perpetual Scoop, 'Ant …
Elder statesman Albini's music may have fared better in posterity — "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide" has even redacted the one-star Big ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
Tonight's Batavia Downs' opener features New York Sire Stakes action
Posterity (Lucky Chucky-Vintage Chip) looks to pose the greatest threat to the favorite after having scored a first and second place finish in ... «The Daily News Online, Jul 15»
WW1 medals returned to soldier's family
Posterity may better remember the giants, but history is truly made by ordinary people." After the war, the 58th Battalion was by, Canadian ... «Brantford Expositor, Jul 15»
